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The Things We Collect: An Extract From Nina Simone’s Gum By Warren Ellis

In 1999 Warren Ellis watched Nina Simone play live at Meltdown. After the show ended he rushed on stage and carefully rescued her chewing gum in a towel from where she'd stuck it to her piano. His new book, sparked off by this incident, is about the alchemy that produces art, obsessiveness and memory

A Quietus Interview

Everything Was Fucked: Warren Ellis Discusses The Dirty Three

A few years ago, The Dirty Three were in a pickle, having to ask festival crowds for song ideas. Warren Ellis tells Luke Turner how they overcame writers' block to write new album Toward The Low Sun

Things I Have Learned

Bad Seed Warren Ellis On Smartening Up

As the Bad Seeds take to Latitude, violinist and guitarist Warren Ellis talks shoes, socks and beards. You don't want to be a mod, he tells the Quietus. Warren Ellis pic courtesy Warren Ellis.

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ATP Photo Review: Mogwai Day

Day two of ATP by Valerio Berdini. Basically, Warren Ellis Porn

LISTEN: New Dirty Three LP

Toward The Low Sun streaming on the Quietus!

Dirty Three Announce New LP!

Warren Ellis Talks “Psychedelic” New Grinderman Album

Ellis reveals "Stoner rock meets Sly Stone meets Amon Duul" direction

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The Dirty Three

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The Things We Collect: An Extract From Nina Simone’s Gum By Warren Ellis